The Science & Skepticism Thread

Llamaman said:
They sound a bit prog-rock.
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Was that a guess? If so it's a very good one, though instrumental progressive metal would probably be a bit more accurate. You've got to love a band who can do a track called 'Three minute warning' which is 28 minutes long.

But this is all a bit off topic...
 
StewartR said:
Was that a guess? If so it's a very good one, though instrumental progressive metal would probably be a bit more accurate. You've got to love a band who can do a track called 'Three minute warning' which is 28 minutes long.

But this is all a bit off topic...
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I thought it was a joke! Just googled them :)

Off Topic are definitely a 2 Tone group.
 
Yves Geza said:
NO scientific theory is provable! All that any scientist can ever say about any theory is that it hasn't been disproved yet!
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Do you have any proof of that? or is it just theoretical?
:D
 
Yves Geza said:
I love it when people misunderstand their own explanation of the term 'theory'! :whistle:

NO scientific theory is provable! All that any scientist can ever say about any theory is that it hasn't been disproved yet!

A scientific theory is the best explanation of all the observations and data. Just occasionally a new observation shows up an anomaly that disproves a previously believed theory. A nice simple example from history is Gallileo's theory that the earth revolves around the sun which contradicted the politically correct "Scientific Consensus" at the time that the sun revolved round the earth.
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While what you say is true, people do have a tendency to take "theory" to mean the same as "hypothesis" and use that to argue that there's no proof of things, otherwise why is it just a "theory"?
 
A little foreplay.
 
Solomon Four Group sounds like a good combo...
 
I'm really enjoying watching the Flat Earth vids on YouTube :)

The 'science' is... astonishing.
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Climate change: 2015 'shattered' global temperature record by wide margin.

Story here.
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Can I ask why you've `upped` the thread, by posting about the topic you didn't really want to carry on with, which I (& others) let drop? :rolleyes:
You can't have it both ways!

(your comment in post #109 in reply to #103)

Mods, would this thread now be better in the Hot topics forum? :D
 
OldCarlos said:
Can I ask why you've `upped` the thread, by posting about the topic you didn't really want to carry on with, which I (& others) let drop? :rolleyes:
You can't have it both ways!

(your comment in post #109 in reply to #103)

Mods, would this thread now be better in the Hot topics forum? :D
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Well that's a fair question, and in posting the link I am not debating anything. I posted it in response to the news regarding the record-breaking nature of 2015 and of December 2015 too. Interesting from a scientific point of view, irrespective which side of the fence you sit. You did notice that I didn't claim it was further evidence or not of man-influenced climate change? Scientifically it's of interest.
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Well that's a fair question, and in posting the link I am not debating anything. I posted it in response to the news regarding the record-breaking nature of 2015 and of December 2015 too. Interesting from a scientific point of view, irrespective which side of the fence you sit. You did notice that I didn't claim it was further evidence or not of man-influenced climate change? Scientifically it's of interest.
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Aye, if you say so. :LOL:

;)
 
Is the BIG BANG still a Theory? or do we have proof now that's what happened ? OR is it just still an evolving theory with the ever changing universe (expanding that is).
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Here's an interesting snippet from the world of medical science. A surgeon claims to have done the first head transplant of a monkey.
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The possibilities are endless, seems Mary Shelley wasn't just an author she was a visionary as well ;)

I'm all in favour medical advances, but this one, if true, I think is a tad too far,
and not entirely ethical, especially if it does prove possible to use a "human guinea pig"
 
LASTOLITE said:
Someone could remove the monkey head from Cameron and put a caring, sharing. humanity loving head of a real person..Its a Win Win ;)
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I think they may struggle to get a donor :D
 
Ricardodaforce said:
As I said before gentlemen, if you feel you have things you'd like to contribute to this thread, feel free.
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My contribution is to ask you where and how these temperature measurements were taken and how that methodology compares with all the previous years' data cited? Also, are they consistent in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres of this planet?

I have doubts and questions about those claims, but as for you, I believe you're devoted to a religion, not following a science!
 
LASTOLITE said:
Is the BIG BANG still a Theory? or do we have proof now that's what happened ? OR is it just still an evolving theory with the ever changing universe (expanding that is).
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This comes down to people's (doubters) misunderstanding of the definition of 'theory'.
 
Yves Geza said:
My contribution is to ask you where and how these temperature measurements were taken and how that methodology compares with all the previous years' data cited? Also, are they consistent in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres of this planet?

I have doubts and questions about those claims, but as for you, I believe you're devoted to a religion, not following a science!
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You're better off directing your query to NASA and NOAA who published the information. Not sure why my posting a link to the story has provoked the need in you to have a personal dig.
 
LASTOLITE said:
Is the BIG BANG still a Theory? or do we have proof now that's what happened ? OR is it just still an evolving theory with the ever changing universe (expanding that is).
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The definition of a scientific theory is quite different to that in common use. In science a theory is just about as sure as one can be of anything.....however see this for a fuller explanation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory
 
kendo1 said:
This comes down to people's (doubters) misunderstanding of the definition of 'theory'.
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Thats a bit vague? So my standpoint on what a theory is in the scientific communities vernacular needs to be established, before you can say its still a theory or not according to my understanding - or you need to establish what my standpoint is or my understanding of what I believe to be a theory.

I get it that nowt is 100% when we talk about these bigger questions in relation to science. Its funny though in talking to a scientist at a recent visit to Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics , He was of the mind that it was absolutely not a theory and is accepted as scientific fact no doubt. He elaborated and said, well the alternative is just not "acceptable". He declined to say what the alternative was.

Is there another popular scientific theory about, or in scientific circles thats not accepted?
 
Ricardodaforce said:
As I said before gentlemen, if you feel you have things you'd like to contribute to this thread, feel free.
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Is this a significant finding then?

I have never been convinced myself, although the change in the polar ice caps is dramatic, but some say its a shift rather than change? Its all very conflicting and one one side a scientific body says one thing in conclusion, and another says the opposite or a less definite scenario. Why wont they agree if the figures don't lie I mean mathematical models cant be interpreted in multiple ways can they? They either say we are in trouble or not. What is it? Very confusing for the layman.
 
LASTOLITE said:
Is there another popular scientific theory about, or in scientific circles thats not accepted?
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As a consumer of all the leading astronomy and science podcasts, there does not seem to be an alternative to the big bang. Since the proposed big crunch was discarded, it seems the big bang is the accepted way the universe was created. This time.
 
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Ricardodaforce said:
As a consumer of all the leading astronomy and science podcasts, there does not seem to be an alternative to the big bang. Since the proposed big crunch was discarded, it seems the big bang is the accepted was the uniform was created. This time.
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Maybe thats what he was talking about, or not talking about. Not even heard of the big crunch myself.
 
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